Church of Mary Magdalene — Attraction in Jerusalem

One of the interesting attractions at the Mount of Olives is the Church of Saint Mary Magdalena, situated along the street just above the Church of All Nations. The church was built by Tsar Alexandr III in 1885 in Russian Orthodox style.

Sadly, visiting times are limited to 10-12pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, meaning that you have to plan according tif you want to enter the church grounds and building.

If you can't manage to visit, you can still view the attractive church from various locations from several locations around the city from a distance. Here you can see a decorative church facade and the beautiful golden onion domes, topped with golden crosses, typical features of 16th and 17th century Muscovite style Russian Orthodox churches.

The church is a striking contrast to others in Jerusalem and is worth looking out for when scanning the Mount of Olives from the Temple Mount or from church and synagogue towers you might climb for panorama views from...

The church, dedicated to Mary Magdalene, is part of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, a sisterhood established in 1936, and since the 1920s has been under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

The church was built in 1888 by Tsar Alexander III and his brothers to honour their mother, Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. It was constructed to David Grimm's design in the traditional tented roof style popular in 16th- and 17th-century Russia, and includes seven distinctive, gilded onion domes.

The church is dedicated to Mary Magdalene, the companion of Jesus. According to the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark, Mary Magdalene was the first to see Christ after his resurrection (Mark 16:9). Although equals, she is usually considered a crucial and important disciple of Jesus, and seemingly his primary female associate, along with Mary of Bethany, whom some believe to have been...

Today I went to visit the church, but I was forbidden to enter because I was not orthodox and there is a specific date four people of other religions. I am not pertaining to any specific religion and I respect all, so I don’t understand from their religious point of view why you forbid the entrance to anybody as this goes against the religion itself and the teachings of their God. He didn’t discriminate nor close the door to anybody quite the opposite so avoiding people, to enter “ freely” is incoherent with what God told them to do, so this make me think that perhaps this is not the right religion to be or choose. I’m sure the church is...